Mauritius Island - Gorgeous Beaches and Lagoons

We flew from Cape Town to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Located East of Madagascar, Mauritius island has amazing beaches, and blue lagoons. The color of the waters left us speechless! We spend three days on the island as a stop over on our way to french Reunion island. We had a chance to drive from one beautiful beach to another, explore the mountains as well, and visit a sugar cane factory. The temperatures were very high above 30 degree Celcius and made it a little difficult to walk and explore beaches and towns during the day.
Mauritius was successively colonized by the Dutch (1638-1710), the French (1710-1810) and the British (1810-1968) and became independent in 1968. Most locals speak both English, French and Mauritian Creole. The majority of the population (68%) is of Indian descent. Creoles (of African descent or mixed race) are about a quarter of the population. The rest of the population is either Franco-Mauritian and Sino-Mauritian.

While on the island of Mauritius, we stayed in an independent Airbnb apartment in Mont Choisy near Grand Baie in the north of the island. We drove the west coast of the island by car and admire the beaches of Flic en Flac and Le Morne Brabant. We also went to Black River Gorge National Park before driving along the south part of the island. We did not have enough time to take a boat to go to the beautiful Ile aux Cerfs. We visited the sugar cane museum, called "L'Aventure du Sucre". We also found the time to relax on the beach of Mont Choisy and swim in the clear waters. What not to enjoy on this island? We got introduced to creole food and really liked it.

"Mauritius was made first, and then heaven; and that heaven was copied after Mauritius"

Mark Twain